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GUTKNECHT v. UNITED STATES (1970)

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GUTKNECHT v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1969
Important Dates
Argued: November 20, 1969
Decided: January 19, 1970
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall
Concurring
Warren Burger • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Byron White

GUTKNECHT v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 19, 1970. The case was argued before the court on November 20, 1969.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Minnesota U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - military: draftee, or person subject to induction
  • Petitioner: Person subject to selective service, including conscientious objector
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 396 U.S. 295
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: William Douglas

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
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